Finding the leanest and greenest environmental initiatives for Unity Water
Unity Water, water and wastewater provider for the new town development of Aura on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, requested a detailed analysis for energy saving and carbon offset initiatives. Its aim was to better understand the costs and benefits. KBR, Unity Water’s...
Design to help SA Water achieve $0 net electricity costs
SA Water set out to achieve a net zero energy cost across all assets by 2020. As South Australia’s largest provider of water and sewerage services, SA Water serves 1.6 million people across the state. Its energy intensive operations previously consumed 220 GWh. To...
Powering the remote Chatham Islands with wind
Chatham Island, administered by the Chatham Islands Trust, is located about 800 km due east of Christchurch, New Zealand and is home to 700 permanent residents. The island’s power station consists of five Caterpillar diesel generating sets of varying sizes from 120kW...
Trialling sodium-ion batteries in Sydney Water pump stations
The ‘Smart Sodium Storage Project’ was a $10.6 million initiative to trial Sodium-Ion Battery Packs as a cheaper alternative to the traditional lithium-ion batteries. The project was led by University of Wollongong energy storage researchers in collaboration with...
Designing clean, green and lean power for sewage treatment plants
The Tomakin Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is undergoing a major upgrade to a higher capacity system. The energy demand of the upgraded treatment plant will be much greater than that of the existing plant. To minimise the energy cost and the plant’s environmental...
Greening Sydney’s sewage plants
Sydney Water is focused on minimising its impact on the environment while continuing to provide water services that sustain and enhance customers’ lifestyles into the future. As part of this, Sydney Water engaged CNF as its Owner’s Engineer to assist in developing the...
Designing 210MW solar farm on complex terrain
Wandoan Solar Farm was the first of a major three-stage solar farm development across complex terrain, constrained by natural creeks and preservation areas as well as potential drilling sites for coal seam gas exploration. When fully operational, the solar farm will...
Bringing solar power to regional NSW
The $238 million Bonshaw solar site, planned to be operational by end 2022, will have the capacity to generate energy for around 70,000 homes. The large-scale project includes a 120MW PV solar farm and up to 200 MWh of lithium-ion battery storage capacity. Set on a...
Greening NT’s remote communities through solar power
The Solar Energy Transformation Program (SETuP) is transforming the way power is delivered to remote communities in the Northern Territory (NT) by incorporating solar power to reduce reliance on diesel. The project integrated 10MW of solar power into existing diesel...
Lighting up Australia with solar thermal power
Vast Solar built Australia’s first 6MWh (1.1MWe) concentrated solar thermal plant with thermal energy storage, to be connected to the power grid. The $10 million project is half funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and is the pilot plant for a...